Patria Mirabal is the oldest of the sisters and she struggles with two lifelong decisions: becoming a nun or marrying. In making the decision of marrying Pedrito she is thus stuck with the lifestyle of a farmer. In the story each woman had the ability to choose how she lived though in Patria’s example she chose to be a mother just as much as a revolutionary. Despite being a revolutionary she was the last of the sisters to join the underground movement against Trujillo’s regime. To begin with, Patria is religious to the extremes, which is why she is thought of as the rock of the family. For instance, “while the Mirabal’s were at their religious retreat the place got bombarded with explosions and shots, patria started praying all the while